After doing a lot of research, I would recommend Dynadot as the best domain registrar at the moment.
My main criteria were: fair prices without any coupon codes, no-upselling, free whois privacy as standard, most ccTLDs supported, REST API for everything, and at least 15-20 years of history.
I would normally prefer a European company, but Dynadot has been the registrar of wikileaks.org since 2006.
I also use Dynadot for most of the same reasons: My main criteria were: great prices without any coupon codes, no-upselling, free whois privacy as standard, most ccTLDs supported, and a nice clean interface. (emphasis mine)
They are a major registrar with many millions of domains registered through them.
I had some domains registered through Gandi in the past, but they're prices are kinda high, and their web interface isn't that great.
We use Dynadot as our primary registrar. Their folder based assignments of DNS/Contacts is great for all the domains I have to keep indefinitely as part of brand identity and protection.
When we acquire a new domain, I just file it in the appropriate folder and all my templates are automatically applied.
Free privacy and DNS is a nice extra. Reduces spam and overhead.
Gandi.net used to have a cult-like following in its early days, was the registrar of reddit.com up until recently, and is still the registrar of ycombinator.com.
But its ownership has changed multiple times over two decades, and the company is now owned by a private equity firm. The most recent reviews have been far from great[1].
I would recommend INWX (Germany) as the best European alternative to Dynadot.
I don’t think they advertise much, which I guess is a sign that they focus on trustworthiness and stability instead of growing too much, like Godaddy does.
My main criteria were: fair prices without any coupon codes, no-upselling, free whois privacy as standard, most ccTLDs supported, REST API for everything, and at least 15-20 years of history.
I would normally prefer a European company, but Dynadot has been the registrar of wikileaks.org since 2006.